IndependentNot in office · last served 2010Last on a ballot: Nov 2010
Merton L. Dierks
Last held office: Nebraska Legislature, District 40 (2006–2010). Ran in 7 elections between 1986 and 2010, winning 5.
- Last margin
- −4.7
- Lost 2010
- Elections
- 7
- 1986–2010
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Dierks was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
19881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Nebraska Legislature, District 40Nebraska Legislature, District 40
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Dierks has run
Margin: how far Dierks finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Lost | Tyson Rope Larson (I) | 47.7% | −4.7 |
| 2006 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Won | Tom Noecker (I) | 66.3% | +32.7 |
| 2002 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Lost | Douglas D. Cunningham (I) | 33.1% | −33.8 |
| 1998 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1994 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — |
| 1990 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Won | Bob Lingenfelter (I) | 70.3% | +40.7 |
| 1986 | Nebraska Legislature, District 40 | General | Won | John W. Decamp (I) | 62.1% | +24.3 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Dierks has held
- Nebraska Legislature, District 40 · 2006–2010
- Nebraska Legislature, District 40 · 1986–2002
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Dierks has run against
- Tyson Rope Larson (I) · 2010 election, lost
- Tom Noecker (I) · 2006 election, won
- Douglas D. Cunningham (I) · 2002 election, lost
- Bob Lingenfelter (I) · 1990 election, won
- John W. Decamp (I) · 1986 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive